A FOOD TRADITION
Tlaxcalan Cuisine
Tlaxcalan cuisine developed in the central highlands through long-standing Nahua maize culture, pulque traditions, and later Spanish livestock and wheat influences. Maize, beans, squash, maguey, nopales, quelites, mushrooms, chiles, pork, and goat are important ingredients. Characteristic techniques include nixtamalization, comal cooking, pit roasting, fermentation of agave sap, and wrapping foods in maguey or corn leaves for steaming or baking. Tlacoyos, tlatlapas, and mixiotes are representative dishes, while mushroom and wild-green preparations reflect the highland environment. Tlaxcalan food shares much with Puebla and the wider central plateau but has a recognizable Indigenous and maguey-centered identity.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Mixiote de Carnero Tlaxcalteca
Tlaxcala mutton marinated with chilli and spices, wrapped and steamed until tender.
Mole Prieto Tlaxcalteca
Contla-style dark Tlaxcala mole based on pork, coarsely ground maize and chipotle.
Sopa de Milpa Tlaxcalteca
Tlaxcala field soup with corn, chayote, carrot, chilli and squash blossom.
Tlatlapas Tlaxcaltecas
Tlaxcala soup of beans and nopales in a guajillo-chilli broth.
Verde Tlaxcala
A Tlaxcala green drink combining aguamiel, mint, lime and vodka.
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